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Choosing 9mm round for target practice...
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I like the Winchester WB 100 round packs myself. They seem to be very reliable and accurate for me. I also have a half case of Silver Bear 9mm that seems pretty good also. I wouldn't buy more than 50-100 of any brand until you see how they shoot in your pistol though.
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Finalygotabeltfed
Any 9mm FMJ that functions in your gun.
Whatever is cheapest that isn't reloaded. I would avoid Amerc and Indepedence ammo.
Winchester, Federal, CCI, Remington etc.
Bullet weight shouldn't matter but a heavier bullet may function more reliably in some guns.
WalMart's 100 round value packs of Winchester (WWB) can't be beat price-wise. They are 115 grain, which is the most common general target load. The CCI Blazers (black-goldish box) and Remingtons (green-white box) are also good.
Your Beretta 92 should eat anything.
Your Beretta 92 should eat anything.
icyclefar
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I also like the Winchester 100 packs from Wallyworld. I have had no problems with them through many weapons and thousands of rounds.
FWIW I did buy a case of Remington UMC from Dicks, it ended up costing about the same as the Winchester, and shot fine in all the pistols BUT it would not run through my Uzi. Did not have enough UMPH to cycle it.![[crying]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/006.gif "Crying [crying]")
FWIW I did buy a case of Remington UMC from Dicks, it ended up costing about the same as the Winchester, and shot fine in all the pistols BUT it would not run through my Uzi. Did not have enough UMPH to cycle it.
The Remington stuff goes on sale at Dick's for just under $6/50 and they give you another 10% off that if you buy ten boxes. Last time, I ended up getting 500 rounds for $54.
The problem with WWB at wally world is that you can never buy enough
of it at once, especially not in this state. The average wally world
never seems to have more than 4 or 5 boxes of the stuff, because someone
already has the local crawl mart scoped out for when the new ammo comes
in, and buys up most of it. I'm sure they probably have cases of the stuff
hidden somewhere, but asking the droid thats at sporting goods to go get
you a case of WWB is probably pushing it, at walmart.
-Mike
icyclefar
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Sorry Mike .................. The problem is, that when you go to Walmart for ammo, they make it such a freeking struggle to buy it that you take everything on the shelf so you DON'T have to come back too soon.
![[rofl]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/013.gif "ROFL [rofl]")
My average buying experience usualy takes 40 minutes.
![[angry]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/008.gif "Angry [angry]")
Step one: find a sales associate - 10 min
Step two: have sales associate find sales associate with key to ammo case - 10 min. *after 10 min I give up and go to customer service desk
Step three: go to customer service desk, demand to see manager, have manager find sales associate with key to ammo case - 10 min
Step four: wait 10 min at ammo counter for associate with key so I can get my ammo
Sorry Mike .................. The problem is, that when you go to Walmart for ammo, they make it such a freeking struggle to buy it that you take everything on the shelf so you DON'T have to come back too soon.
My average buying experience usualy takes 40 minutes.
Well, that's true, too. The "walmart experience" is a big part of the reason
why I don't buy ammo there.
-Mike
Sorry Mike .................. The problem is, that when you go to Walmart for ammo, they make it such a freeking struggle to buy it that you take everything on the shelf so you DON'T have to come back too soon.
My average buying experience usualy takes 40 minutes.
I think that it's worse to buy ammo at Dick's. If the sales person isn't busy it's OK but if there are other customers there you have to wait and wait so that he/she can carry it to the check out. Stupid.
I've had that happen at walmart though, too... when there wasnt someone
from sporting goods, the lady I had to get that had the key like escorted me
to the main register... was really friggan weird. Can't they just give you
the damn ammo after you show em the permit, and then just bring it through
the regular register...?
-Mike
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It is NOT Dick's policy to carry ammo to the front registers. My Wife and I carted large amounts of ammo to the front registers in our shopping cart on two separate occasions. No problem with the cashiers either. One front-end supervisor went stupid on me and I reported that incident to the store manager (has thick Southern accent) the next time I was there.
Said store manager told me that some local chiefs demand that the store does strange things like carry the ammo up front for you. He did tell me that it IS Dick's policy to carry guns to the front register.
Wrt to Wal-Mart, when I buy ammo there I cash out at the SGs Dept register and walk out of the store with the bagged and paid for ammo. Nobody carries it to the front of the store. This has been true in Framingham, Walpole and Hudson NH. Can't say that some chief might not "require" them to carry it to your car in some towns, however.
Said store manager told me that some local chiefs demand that the store does strange things like carry the ammo up front for you. He did tell me that it IS Dick's policy to carry guns to the front register.
Wrt to Wal-Mart, when I buy ammo there I cash out at the SGs Dept register and walk out of the store with the bagged and paid for ammo. Nobody carries it to the front of the store. This has been true in Framingham, Walpole and Hudson NH. Can't say that some chief might not "require" them to carry it to your car in some towns, however.
Most of the NH wally's I have been to have the same problem. You have to go to the front register to ask for help, then play the waiting game while they find someone who isn't on break who has keys.
The ones I have been to say that anything that comes out of the case has to be rung up right there. Never had to be escorted to the front though.
Executive
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After a bad experience at WM, (the cute little sales girl at the sporting goods counter refused my Class A, no restriction, LTC because it was not an FID) I got to know the guy who ended up helping with the above bad experience. He was cool, knows a little about firearms, and is glad to help when I need a box to carry out my WWB value packs when I buy them. I am also guilty of "cleaning out" WM when stuff is available, but mostly because it is convenient, five minutes from home, and a good deal.
Chris
Chris
I had that problem too, once. The clerk didnt seem to know what the hell
an LTC was. I politely explained to him that it was better than an FID, he
stared at it for like 2 minutes, and then decided I was telling the truth and
began ringing my stuff up.
Get this... this is where it gets fun.
Every time he rang up a box of ammo, it said "CHECK ID" and he was
dumbfounded by this, and he kept staring at my license every time, as if
my license was going to somehow change in the 2 second interval between
ringing up each box. I can see following the rules... but geezus.
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After a few of these incidents I just got frustrated and have unceremoniously
banned walmart for buying ammo, unless it's like sunday and I -need- ammo
right then. I'll also cast an exception for the Rindge, NH, walmart, as
I've never had a problem with that one... normally there is some lady there
who is a shooter (or at least she has a bunch of NRA and shooting pins and
stuff attached to her walmart attire) and even if she isnt there, usually some
other PFY** gleefully rings up the ammo after I show him/her my DL to prove
I'm older than 21. Apparently that store is used to selling people ammo, or
something. I've also brought a half a cartful of shotgun ammo right up to
the front registers with no problem. The shotgun ammo is just right out
in the aisles, it's not even locked up. The lady at the register gives
funny looks but thats about it... otherwise it's like buying a container of
clothes detergent.
-Mike
** For those who don't know.... PFY = Pimply Faced Youth, an acronym
shamelessly stolen from BOFH. (Bastard Operator from Hell, a series of
computer sysadmin parodies made by an english fellow ).
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I've never had a problem at the Walpole Walmart, their sporting goods people know what they're doing. Framingham is awful and they rarely have more than a token amount in stock. Northboro (or east or west or south, i forget) is alright.
I inquired about this today and this is the response I got: The Plymouth Police Chief does NOT require Dick's Sporting Goods employees to carry the ammunition for the customer to the check out.
Yet, this policy is in affect at the Plymouth store. If not a corporate policy maybe it's something the individual store manager requires.
I just get ammo from the local guy here in town who has a great shop, answers all my questions and is never a flaming asshat like a lot of the "sales associates" in Wal-Mart. Worth ever penny to me to not have to go through that hell.
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Jon, well I guess it is just a "local policy" of that store management in this case.
